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The ADA and EASD have updated their position statement incorporating new data from recent clinical trials. Rather than a completely new statement, the group focused on those areas where revisions were suggested by a changing evidence base. This briefer article should therefore be read as an addendum to the original statement.

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DESMOND is a structured, nationally recognised education programme for patients with Type 2 diabetes. Its website contains details of research supporting education programmes for self-management in diabetes, details for commissioners on undertaking local needs assessments and commissioning diabetes education and patient stories from previous DESMOND graduates.

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This set of national standards from the American Association of Diabetes Educators sets out 10 standards which Diabetes Self Management Education programmes should meet to ensure that people with diabetes are being provided with excellence in self management support.

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Diabetes UK have launched an online self-management support programme for people with type 2 diabetes to learn about and manage their condition. It is a useful resource for both patients and those professionals involved in supporting self-management in diabetes.

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This paper authored by a service user researcher describes issues for young adults with diabetes which impacted on their attendance at an outpatient clinic. Identifying barriers and facilitators to attendance, it suggests ways hospitals can work with patients to improve access to diabetic services.